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With built in Amazon Alexa Voice Service and far-field voice recognition, ecobee4 combines smart thermostat functionality and voice assistance to help consumers manage their home’s comfort, energy and busy lives. (Photo: Business Wire)

With built in Amazon Alexa Voice Service and far-field voice recognition, ecobee4 combines smart thermostat functionality and voice assistance to help consumers manage their home’s comfort, energy and busy lives. (Photo: Business Wire)

The company also announced plans to bring Alexa and far-field voice
recognition to every room of the home through a voice-enabled smart
light switch. This product will mark the company’s first venture beyond
smart thermostats and is expected to lead the smart home category into a whole-home-voice
future. Similar to ecobee’s signature room sensor technology, the smart
light switch will measure occupancy and temperature to help deliver
comfort in the rooms that matter most.

ecobee4 will be available for pre-order starting May 3, 2017 and in
stores on May 15, 2017. The smart light switch is expected later this
year. The company unveiled its product plans alongside Amazon today at
the Collision
Conference in New Orleans.

“We are committed to building technology that makes customers’ lives
simpler and better. Technology that allows our customers to focus on the
things that matter – their families and moments they share. The
voice-enabled ecobee4 smart thermostat and smart light switch bring that
promise to life,” said ecobee President and CEO Stuart Lombard. “More
than just individual products, ecobee4 and the smart light switch work
together to provide better comfort and savings, while allowing customers
to ask for almost anything from anywhere in their home.”

With a built-in speaker and microphone, ecobee4 can be controlled
through its sleek touch-screen, a smart device or voice. Alexa voice
service allows customers to simply ask their ecobee4 to adjust the
temperature of the home, in addition to the growing list of Alexa skills
such as setting a timer, helping plan your commute or playing the news.
Through far-field voice recognition, ecobee4 will conveniently respond
to voice commands from anywhere in the room. ecobee4 is also compatible
with the company’s signature room sensor technology, which measures
occupancy and temperature to deliver comfort when the customer is home
and energy
savings when they’re away.

“Our vision is to bring Alexa to customers wherever they are, on-the-go,
and in any room of their smart home. ecobee’s smart thermostats and
switches with Alexa will help realize this vision for customers,” said
Steve Rabuchin, VP Amazon Alexa. “We think the experience of simply
asking Alexa to raise or lower the temperature in a room, or interacting
with 12,000-plus other skills available on Alexa, will be delightful for
customers.”

“Today’s announcement is our first step towards delivering a
whole-home-voice experience for customers, and we couldn’t be more
excited,” said Lombard. “In our 10th year as a company, we are still
committed to purpose-driven innovation that re-imagines the home – now
with the ecobee4 and later this year with the smart light switch. These
innovations give customers the ability to be more comfortable, have more
control and save money – all while doing right by our planet, something
we’re incredibly proud of.”

Pricing, Availability and Compatibility

ecobee4 smart thermostat ($249 USD) will be available on ecobee.com,
Amazon.com, Lowes.com, HomeDepot.com and BestBuy.com for pre-order
beginning May 3, 2017 and will hit retail shelves on May 15, 2017. The
device comes with a wireless room sensor and supports up to 32 sensors.
To ensure ecobee4 will work in your home, visit ecobee.com/compatibility.
ecobee4 will be compatible with Amazon Echo, Apple HomeKit, Samsung
SmartThings and IFTTT.

The smart light switch will be released later this year. For more
information on the ecobee’s whole-home voice experience visit: www.ecobee.com/voice.

About ecobee

ecobee Inc. introduced the world’s first smart wi-fi smart thermostat to
help millions of customers save money, conserve energy and seamlessly
bring home automation into their lives. The company’s first flagship
consumer device – ecobee3 – introduced pioneering room sensor technology
to deliver comfort in the rooms that matter most, leading it to become a
top-selling smart thermostat on the market and achieve a No. 1 ranking
on Navigant’s Smart Thermostat Leaderboard. Learn more about ecobee and
its smart home technologies at ecobee.com.